37. The Radium Girls Part 1

Episode 37,   Jun 19, 2024, 04:00 AM

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CONNECT WITH US:https://linktr.ee/mortalmusingspodcastBONUS CONTENT:https://www.patreon.com/MortalMusingsPodcastSUPPORT THE PODCAST:https://buymeacoffee.com/mortalmusingsFor Part 1, we talk about the discovery of radium, how it was used, and the devastating effects it had on the people who were exposed to it. Our oddity today is Masha Cat.  Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/06/science/a-glow-in-the-dark-and-a-lesson-in-scientific-peril.html#:~:text=But%20she%20never%20fully%20acknowledged,of%20diseases%20induced%20by%20radiation.  https://www.businessinsider.com/marie-curie-radioactive-papers-2015-8https://blog.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/the-radium-girls/#:~:text=By%20the%20early%20twentieth%20century,cure%20illnesses%2C%20and%20increase%20beauty.  https://www.britannica.com/story/radium-girls-the-women-who-fought-for-their-lives-in-a-killer-workplacehttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-oct-04-mn-29114-story.htmlhttps://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=d&d=DIL19380728.2.15...

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For Part 1, we talk about the discovery of radium, how it was used, and the devastating effects it had on the people who were exposed to it. Our oddity today is Masha Cat.  Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/06/science/a-glow-in-the-dark-and-a-lesson-in-scientific-peril.html#:~:text=But%20she%20never%20fully%20acknowledged,of%20diseases%20induced%20by%20radiation.  https://www.businessinsider.com/marie-curie-radioactive-papers-2015-8https://blog.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/the-radium-girls/#:~:text=By%20the%20early%20twentieth%20century,cure%20illnesses%2C%20and%20increase%20beauty.  https://www.britannica.com/story/radium-girls-the-women-who-fought-for-their-lives-in-a-killer-workplacehttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-oct-04-mn-29114-story.htmlhttps://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=d&d=DIL19380728.2.15&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN----------https://www.nprillinois.org/equity-justice/2018-01-25/the-radium-girls-an-illinois-tragedyhttps://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/new-jerseys-radium-girls-and-nist-trained-scientist-who-came-their-aidhttps://explorethearchive.com/the-radium-girlshttps://www.theradiumgirls.com/the-girlshttps://www.npr.org/2014/12/28/373510029/saved-by-a-bad-taste-one-of-the-last-radium-girls-dies-at-107https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/radium-girls.htmhttps://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/tumwater-wa/mabel-williams-6529794https://www.nprillinois.org/equity-justice/2018-01-25/the-radium-girls-an-illinois-tragedyhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/russian-cat-called-masha-saves-baby-abandoned-in-the-cold-9983367.html